HISTORATHON 2024 | “Pile of Possibilities” Jan.-March (Prehistory-500 CE)
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- The books I hope to read for Q1 of #historathon2024 #booktube
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HISTORATHON 2024
Historathon is a year-long celebration of reading historical nonfiction. The goal is to read, discuss, and spotlight works of history, and to encourage reluctant readers to give history a try. The calendar year will be divided into three-month blocks, with each block focusing on a particular period of time:
Jan-March = Prehistory-500 CE
April-June = 500-1500
July-Sept = 1500-1820
Oct-Dec = 1820-Present
To participate, simply read a work of history that falls into the time period for each quarterly segment of the year. Read more if you’d like! Tailor the choices to your interests or try something completely new.
Historathon "Side Quests": We will also be encouraging/participating in history-related activities throughout the year, including watching historical films/documentaries, trying historical recipes, listening to historical music, etc. Feel free to join us!
We will be using the hashtag: #historathon2024
To join us on DISCORD, follow this link: / discord
To join us on VOXER, contact any cohost and we'll be happy to add you. (My Voxer handle is listed below.)
Update: Since releasing this video, Mariana decided to participate in Historathon 2024, but not in a cohosting capacity. We wish her the best. Debs from Raynor Reads Stuff has graciously agreed to come aboard as a new cohost.
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If there was any justice in the UK, Irving Finkel would be a national treasure or at the least knighted. Off to buy his book. I watched this video pen in hand, and have a list. Thanks Vin. At my advanced age, I don't wish my time away, but I can't wait for Monday. I might make a sneaky start this weekend, as the suspense is building high.
I won’t hold an early start against you. I’m really looking forward to reading that Finkel book!
@@revenantreads I have the ebook, and will start it later today, thanks for notholding it against me, chuckle.
I’m starting the year with _War and Peace._ Hopefully then there’s time for me to squeeze in _AD381_ and _The Hittites._ I look forward to hearing you talk about that selection. Especially the ghosts. I love the type of questions scholars ask these days.
I’m pleased to see scholars tackle these more seemingly esoteric topics. They can reveal so much about people in the past.
I started War and Peace last week, as well (after obsessing for far too long over translation and finally settled on the Maudes).
The First Ghosts sounds like such a fascinating read. I'm off to find it straight away. Thanks so much for setting Historathon up. I have such a lot of books to read, but need a push to get started on them. All the best for 2024. Shell.
Thank you for coming along for the ride!
“The First Ghosts” is definitely going on my 2024 TBR. A solid group of options to kick off your Historathon - looking forward to your reviews.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy The First Ghosts.
I enjoyed The First Ghosts so very much. I hope everyone reading it in 2024 has as much of a good time.
I liked the little bit of Polybius I’ve read, and assume he keeps it up.
Books I’m thinking about for Q1 include:
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth, Natalie Haynes. After Pandora’s Jar, I’ll follow Haynes pretty much anywhere.
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East, by Amanda H. Podany. Her introduction opens with Ea-Nasir and how scholars in her field have known about him for a century, and how many other lives they’ve also known about, and wanting to share their stories. Works for me.
Rome in Africa, by Susan Raven. Looks to do a great job filling in the myriad gaps between the bits I know about the subject so far.
The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World, edited by Rachel Mairs. The more I learn about that liminal region, the weirder and more interesting it gets.
Emperor of Rome, by Mary Beard. Well, duh, yes, of course.
I’m glad to hear positive feedback about The First Ghosts.
I’ve had my eye on Weavers, Scribes, and Kings. I think I’ll get it for next year’s Q1.
That book on Greek goddesses sounds fascinating!
I had a very slumpy reading year in 2023. I didn’t know about this event, but I am excited to join at least for March. I’ve been wanting to read some ancient history, so let’s see what I can dig up.
I hope you find something you like. It’s a fascinating time period.
I decided to join this challenge for 2024. For prehistory to 500 I decided on Caesar: Life Of A Colossus.
Thanks for doing this challenge, this is really exciting!
Welcome aboard! I hope you enjoy it!
So many great possibilities! They all look fascinating but I'm especially curious about the Hannibal book. Happy reading!
Thank you!
Some great books here. Thanks Vin!
Thank you!
What an awesome and interesting pile of books you have choose from. This era in history is brand new to me so It’s been fun to see what everybody is choosing for the first quarter. I hope you find some gems within that pile :-)
Thank you! I’m hoping a few of these will be real winners.
Great pile of possibilities. The First Ghosts sounds quite interesting.
I’m really looking forward to reading that one.
Fabulous selection. So many brilliant books, so little time 😊. I really like the sound of that Irving Finkel book
I look forward to reading it!
Ooh, history is one of those subjects I'd really like to read more on. There are so many fascinating historical topics. And for what it's worth, I enjoyed Sapiens.
Thank you for your input!
Hi, Vin! I just discovered Historathon and I am so excited to participate. I am not a BookTuber, but I might actually post a video or two about my “Pile of Possibilities.”
Excellent! Please let us know when you do. Our Discord server is also a great place to share what we’re reading.
The First Ghosts sounds fascinating! I look forward to hearing your thoughts. This will be my first year participating in Hisotrathon. I'm afraid I've been neglecting nonfiction for too long. I'm combining it with my attempt to improve my Spanish reading (same method you used for Latin). I will be reading the Spanish edition of The Letters of Seneca. My Spanish is very rusty--it will probably take me all three months to get through the letters :)!
Welcome aboard! That sounds like a great plan. You’ve made think I should find some history in basic Latin or French to read for the quarter to get some more practice in.
Reading Roman history in Latin! Sounds perfect. Seneca was born in what is now Spain--so I guess that counts as Spanish history in Spanish. I now have a theme for Historathon 2024!@@revenantreads
I read a few months ago, First Ghosts by Irving Finkel, and I really enjoyed it! I also enjoy his lectures online. I just wish the book was a nice big better quality book and better quality images.
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it, and I’ll keep your thoughts about the publishing quality in mind.
Hi, they all sound like great suggestions. I read Hannibal this past fall (2023) and I really enjoyed it. I picked up a couple other books by the Philip Freeman because I liked Hannibal so much. Looking forward to watching all of the recommendation videos throughout Historathon 2024.
Thank you! I’m looking forward to the Hannibal book - he’s an endless source of fascination.
Best wishes for 2024. Good idea.
Thank you and Happy New Year!
I'm planning on reading "A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women" by Emma Southon - I just found the book, didn't read any reviews or the see the rating in any site so I'm going in blind. I'm excited and hope it is good! Happy readings everyone! ♥
I read her book on murder in Ancient Rome and really enjoyed it. Based on that book, I would anticipate her mixing her history with healthy doses of profanity and pop culture references.
Sapiens - put on the catchers facemask for that one. Review will be interesting but not as interesting as the statement - 'I don't usually read the back cover'. What sort of anarchic channel are we running here Vin? Before buying a book, I not only read the back cover, I read the first and last page 🤭 The Freeman book piques my interest 🤞
More specifically, I don’t usually read the back covers aloud in my videos. I hope to get to the Freeman book.
Nice video Vin!
Thanks!
Luckily, I found The Ghosts book on Kindle for $3.99, so I snapped that up. Otherwise, I have some volumes of collected reports by foreigners about India. The first volume covers the 8th century BC to 7th century AD.
Cool topic!
Nice selection of books. I am looking hard at A.D. 381, but I have not committed yet.
I’m still hoping to get to it before the end of Q1.
Luckily I already own 3 of those so I am ready I think ! It all looks so fabulous what a large group to chose from!
It should be a fun reading quarter 😁